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Chinese Calligraphy
Explore the beauty of Chinese Calligraphy. This well-developed lesson will take your class on a journey through the history of Calligraphy, engage them in technique and style, then challenge them by having them create new strokes to...
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Asian Rhythms
Students experience another culture through a unit that explores instruments, spoken language, and calligraphy. Students experience the Asian culture first hand through a Taiko Drum Concert, as well as lunch at an Asian Buffet &...
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Chinese Calligraphy
Students explore Chinese culture and Chinese calligraphy. In this Chinese calligraphy lesson, students create paintings using Chinese techniques. Students describe the differences in Chinese art and other culture's art. Students listen...
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China Rocks! Chinese Calligraphy on Stone
Pupils explore the art of calligraphy through writing Chinese characters. They view a Power Point as an introduction to Chinese calligraphy and practice writing Chinese characters. In groups, they visit centers to explore the history of...
University of Washington
University of Washington: Chinese Calligraphy
An online visual sourcebook that explores the fundamentals of Chinese calligraphy. Provides historical information, examples of script types, techniques of transmission, questions and answers, and similar resources. An extensive...
National Library of France
National Library of France: Calligraphy, the Preeminent Art Form
Explore the brush stroke's fundamental role in Chinese culture. This online exhibit presents a large collection of calligraphic texts, as early as the fourth century, as well as paintings, illustrations, and albums.
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China Daily: China Culture a Z
Go directly to a collection of illustrated feature-length articles about traditional and contemporary Chinese arts. Covers the principal visual and performing arts of China, for example, traditional crafts, calligraphy, architecture,...
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National Palace Museum (Taiwan)
The online counterpart of Taiwan's National Palace Museum provides access to the museum's treasures of Chinese art.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Chinese Calligraphy & Ink Painting
Students explore Chinese culture while creating unique pieces of calligraphy with watercolor paint. This two-part lesson plan includes an assessment rubric and a list of sources to use as a reference.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: The Chinese New Year
How do people celebrate the Chinese New Year? Come and discover more about this fascinating holiday when you visit this comprehensive resource. This site features historical information, activities, fun facts, and more.
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Washington Calligrapher's: Calligraphy Typeface Design
This brief page from the Washington Calligrapher's Guild gives several illustrations and explanations of calligraphy, lettering, and design. Teachers could use this as a short reference with examples.
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Online Chinese Tools, With Chinese English Dictionary
A great site that provides tools to assist people learning and using the Chinese language. Resources include flashcards, pinyin converter, Chinese-English dictionary, calendar converter, Chinese number and currency converter, and more.
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China the Beautiful : Appreciation of the Art of Chinese Calligraphy
An introduction to Chinese calligraphy by Dr. Ming L. Pei who provides an in-depth interpretation and multiple links to examples.
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China Vista: The China Experience China Culture Index
A comprehensive, bilingual website about various aspects of Chinese culture, including folk custom, arts and crafts, food and drinks, costumes, scripts and calligraphy, performing arts, ethnic groups, etc.
Smithsonian Institution
Freer | Sackler Galleries: Word Play (The Work of Contemporary Artist Xu Bing)
Contemporary Chinese expatriate artist Xu Bing shares stories, sketches, and photographs of his work in association with a 2001 exhibition of his work at the Smithonson's Sackler Gallery. Word play and language are a focus of Bing's...
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University of Washington: Chinese Calligraphy
An online visual sourcebook that explores the fundamentals of Chinese calligraphy. Provides historical information, examples of script types, techniques of transmission, questions and answers, and similar resources. An extensive...
Curated OER
University of Washington: Chinese Calligraphy
An online visual sourcebook that explores the fundamentals of Chinese calligraphy. Provides historical information, examples of script types, techniques of transmission, questions and answers, and similar resources. An extensive...